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Eastern Highland Otomi

Eastern Highland Otomi is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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Eastern Highland Otomi · 20.6°N 98.1°W

Sierra Otomi a.k.a. Highland Otomi (Otomi de la Sierra) is a dialect cluster of the Otomi language spoken in Mexico by ca. 70,000 people in the highlands of Eastern Hidalgo, Western Veracruz and Northern Puebla. The speakers themselves call the language Yųhų (Eastern Highland) or Ñųhų (Texcatepec and Tenango). Lastra 2001 classifies it as an Eastern Otomi language together with Ixtenco Otomi, Tilapa Otomi, and Acazulco Otomi. The three varieties of Sierra Otomi—Eastern Highland, Texcatepec, and Tenango—are above 70% lexically similar; the Eastern Highland dialects are above 80%, and will be considered here.

From Wikipedia · Sierra Otomi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Eastern Highland Otomi

MeaningWordRomanization
person53h3*
eyeda*
eargu*
noseSi5u*
toothci*
tonguexoni*
handye*
bloodxi*
bonendoyo*
knee5omu*
breast7ba*
liverya*
waterdehe*
sunhyadi*
starestreya*
stonedo*
tree7bayndopo*
leafSiriga*
nightCui*
dogyay7o*
fishhwa*
louseto*
one7nda*
twoyoho*
Inuga*
younuige*
drinkci*
seehyandi*
hearede*
dietu*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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